cfengine is great for this sort of thing :-) Cheers, Harry Quoting Pete Nesbitt <pete@xxxxxxxxx>: *> On February 13, 2004 10:21 am, Peter Fleck wrote: *> > I want to know when a particular user adds a new .html file to our *> > Web site. I only need this information for one user. After the file *> > is transferred, a script will reset permissions for the file - so I *> > need the file name. We use sftp for file transfers. *> > *> > I know that sftp log-ins are listed in /var/log/secure but it's not *> > enough information for what I want to do. *> > *> > What would be the best way to do this? *> > *> > Thanks. *> > *> > BACKGROUND: Our Web editors (human type) use Macromedia Contribute *> > for working on pages. We need 755 or 775 permissions for the pages to *> > use SSI and Contribute is resetting to 664 by default (even though *> > the documentation states it will not change permissions). *> > *> > I've done some pretty extensive testing with the umask command and it *> > does seem to be a Contribute problem, not an sftp or umask problem. *> > -- *> > Peter Fleck *> > Webmaster | University of Minnesota Cancer Center *> > Dinnaken Office Bldg. *> > 925 Delaware St. SE *> > Minneapolis, MN 55414 *> > 612-625-8668 | fleck004@xxxxxxx | www.cancer.umn.edu *> > Campus Mail: MMC 806 *> *> *> Hi, *> just curious why you would need execute on files for ssi? It is not a *> requirement for ssi to work. (except of course, dirs need exec) *> *> Presuming you actually need the exec bit set for some reason, you could do a *> few things, like run a script via cron over the web dir's and look for new *> files (just keep a temp file with the last run dir list & compare) then *> check *> ownership (for that user) and make changes as needed. *> *> Or, if the user is always at one IP, you could use TCPwrappers to execute a *> script when there is an ftp access from that IP address. *> *> hmm, could PAM help with this? *> -- *> Pete Nesbitt, rhce *> *> *> -- *> redhat-list mailing list *> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe *> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list *> -- Harry Hoffman hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IpSolutions: http://www.ip-solutions.net/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
